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With the release of AMD's quad-core Ryzen chips, it's finally time for the Budget Gamer to move on from Intel, so a new thread has been created to discuss the ins and outs of building this AMD-based system. You can check out the previous Intel-based $750 Budget Gaming PC thread here.

Edit: due to the release of newer Intel chips, we've switched back to recommended the Blue team for this build!

A newbie question: If I wanted to go with a micro-ATX board, what would you recommend? I was looking at the Gigabyte GA-AB350M-HD3 AM4 (currently $85 on Amazon US) It only has 2 RAM slots, but does support CrossFire. Not sure if that's the same as CrossFire VX that would allow 2 RX480's or 580's.

A newbie question: If I wanted to go with a micro-ATX board, what would you recommend? I was looking at the Gigabyte GA-AB350M-HD3 AM4 (currently $85 on Amazon US) It only has 2 RAM slots, but does support CrossFire. Not sure if that's the same as CrossFire VX that would allow 2 RX480's or 580's.

I just checked and the Gigabyte RX 580 4GB has suddenly dropped to $210AR, after starting the month at $300. I may go ahead and publish the August version of the build with the RX 580 4GB if that price holds for more than a couple days. My guess, however, is that this may be either a short-term promotion or pricing error. Most RX 580 4GB cards are still well above $260, where they don't make much sense. In the meantime, I've tweaked The Guru's Tip to indicate that prices are dropping fast on the RX 580 4GB alternative.